When I Lay Flat, the Female Lead Panicked - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: First Meeting

“In my life, the person I hate the most is being called a s-s-sissy!”

Unlike Luo Xiaoxiao’s calm, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Hu Chou was so angry that his beastly fangs were bared. He looked fiercely at the sharp-tongued girl in front of him.

He said in a cold, lingering voice, “The nuisances are gone. Now, tell me. How do you want to die?”

“Heh, how to die? Ohh~ What to do, I’m so scared oh~”

At some point, she had conjured a comfortable chair for herself and was lazily leaning back on it. Luo Xiaoxiao languidly raised an eyebrow. She crossed her legs with a face full of mockery. Her gaze swept over Hu Chou.

She had a posture of “this big sis is the queen, radiating confident light.” She was right there, daring him to do something. She didn’t put the enraged Hu Chou in her eyes at all.

“You!”

It was the first time he had seen someone react like this when death was at hand. It was too abnormal, even beyond his comprehension.

It made Hu Chou’s enraged beastly fangs freeze. His attacking move actually became hesitant and vigilant.

“Hey, you sissy.”

Ignoring Hu Chou’s reaction, she raised her head haughtily. Luo Xiaoxiao spoke with the aura of an overbearing queen.

“Do you know who is sitting in front of you right now?”

“You…”

Looking at the conflicting yet somehow harmonious confident aura on Luo Xiaoxiao, Hu Chou’s expression was momentarily blank. He subconsciously replied.

“The Demon Lord’s daughter?”

“No, no, no…”

She raised a single finger, calmly waving it left and right. Luo Xiaoxiao put on a profound expression of “you’re still too young.” She was being deliberately mysterious.

“Nuo, nuo, nuo?”

He listened to the strange tone of Luo Xiaoxiao’s voice, confused. A question mark appeared above Hu Chou’s head again.

“Hmph hmph…” Seeing Hu Chou’s baffled look, she gave a cold laugh to herself.

Luo Xiaoxiao had the demeanor of a big shot who was about to “stop pretending and reveal her hand.”

“Before I send you to meet the King of Hell, I’ll be kind and tell you. Listen carefully, oh, I’ll only say it once. Ahem ahem…

The peerless beauty in front of you right now! She is the noble and priceless Luo. Niohuru. Beautiful. Genius. Awesome. Fully-leveled-up-pay-to-win-player. Xiaoxiao!”

“…” ???

A row of crows flew silently overhead. When Luo Xiaoxiao finished speaking, the atmosphere was instantly deathly quiet.

“Are… are you toying with me?”

He had no idea what nonsense Luo Xiaoxiao was saying. He thought she was being deliberately mysterious to stall for time.

His teeth itched with hatred. Hu Chou’s patience was instantly exhausted, and his rage level skyrocketed.

With a low growl from his throat, his sharp claws instantly stretched several times their length. Swoosh! he pounced in Luo Xiaoxiao’s direction.

“Tsk tsk, you’re in a hurry? So boring, so very boring…”

Looking at Hu Chou, who didn’t understand how noble she was, Luo Xiaoxiao shook her head helplessly. She had the lonely demeanor of a king at the top, invincible and alone (pretending to be cool).

But in fact, she didn’t maintain her cool for even three seconds. The corner of her mouth couldn’t be held down. She secretly revealed the same sneer that a certain overpowered hero would show before a pretentious display.

After all, she thought of the various high-grade protective barriers and high-level lightning strike talismans, and dark weapons she was equipped with… They were enough capital for a low-level player like her to stand up and pretend to be cool.

Luo Xiaoxiao’s smile became even more arrogant. She even continued to provoke him, as if she was annoyed that Hu Chou was too slow.

“So what if I am? You son of a beast, look at me!”

“You!!!”

“Sissy~~ Didn’t you eat? Come on, come on, come and hit me. Flying so slowly, you can’t even win a fight against a fly over sh1t~~”

Her sweet voice was incredibly provoking. But for some reason, perhaps her mockery skill was too effective.

As soon as she finished speaking, Hu Chou stopped moving again.

“…” Her deliberate goading was too obvious. His attacking move was once again hesitant and stopped in midair.

Even if Hu Chou was furious, he faintly sensed something was wrong. He couldn’t help but wonder.

Does Luo Xiaoxiao have some terrible trump card she hasn’t used yet?

“Why aren’t you fighting?”

She looked at Hu Chou, who was now a tai chi master, hesitating whether to attack or not. Luo Xiaoxiao raised a hand and yawned in boredom. Her little brain was just calculating whether she should say something else to properly provoke him.

And in the moment Luo Xiaoxiao subconsciously looked up as she yawned. From the corner of her eye, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of a few small, shooting star-like points of light flying in her direction.

“Hmm?” She keenly sensed something was amiss.

She took a thousand-mile mirror out of her storage space, which was like a telescope. Luo Xiaoxiao looked at the points of light with some curiosity.

And it was a good thing she looked. What she saw was absolutely incredible!!!

Because in the fast-moving, blurry image, the people who came were several cultivators flying on swords. And they were all wearing the uniform blue and white robes of the Heavenly Jade Sect!

Oh, my! This is it! A wave of happiness surged in her heart. She remembered a certain passage in Sword of Pride that described the sect robes of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples:

“The members all wear blue and white jade robes. The azure belt has a unified embroidered snow lotus in the middle. At their waists, they all carry jade tokens that symbolize their sect identity. They are cold, noble, elegant, and otherworldly.”

And the Heavenly Sword Sect cultivators appearing at this time were flying in the direction of Tranquility Village.

That could only be the demon-exorcising team led by the female lead, Wen Nanshu!

“Ah, ah… it’s Wen Nanshu!”

The joy of a fan meeting a celebrity successfully added a hint of girlish shyness to Luo Xiaoxiao’s previously somewhat greasy, arrogant face.

But Luo Xiaoxiao wasn’t happy for long.

Because she realized that she and Wen Nanshu were currently a heaven and earth apart, very far from each other.

With a furrowed brow, Luo Xiaoxiao couldn’t help but prop her chin on one hand and ponder.

So…? How do I get the female lead’s attention?

While she was thinking, her gaze slowly shifted to the enraged person in front of her who wanted to tear her apart. Yet, he was adhering to the “if the enemy doesn’t move, I won’t move” strategy, hesitating and not daring to move forward.

Her eyes suddenly lit up. Luo Xiaoxiao’s lips curled into a smile. In that instant, she had an idea.

“Hehe… a prop delivered to my door for free. It would be a waste not to use it.”

“…”

In the moment their eyes met, Hu Chou looked at Luo Xiaoxiao, who suddenly smiled a strange smile. He felt a lump in his throat and his back stiffened. A strong, bad premonition welled up. Goosebumps instantly appeared all over Hu Chou’s body.

“What… what do you want to do?”

He pretended to be calm, fiddling with his precious hair. But the words that came out of Hu Chou’s mouth were clearly stuttering.

He really couldn’t guess what in the world was going on in Luo Xiaoxiao’s mind. For the first time, Hu Chou had a feeling that he had messed with the wrong person.

“Hehe, you guess…”

She stood up from her previously slouching, lazy posture. Luo Xiaoxiao’s smile was sinister and lewd.

The expression she gave Hu Chou was even more villainous than a villain. It scared Hu Chou so much that his alarm bells went off. His entire body bristled, his fox ears stood up, and he nervously backed away step by step.

Is this the expression of a normal person?! Ah?!

No, it’s not normal! It’s too abnormal! Which one of them is the bad guy?!

“Hey, you… what in the world do you want to do?! You, you, you…”

His scalp tingled. He was so scared he was stuttering. Hu Chou’s bad premonition grew stronger.

And this bad premonition reached its peak with a loud pon- sound. A large, deep hole was inexplicably smashed into the empty ground not far from him.

Amidst the dust, the girl with a wicked smile walked toward him. She also loosened her clothes and took off her hairband from behind her head!!!

“I’m finished. The information was wrong! Is Luo Xiaoxiao finally going to reveal her trump card?”

He felt the powerful aftershock of the explosion. He watched Luo Xiaoxiao’s every move with trepidation. Hu Chou wanted to cry but had no tears.

Until Luo Xiaoxiao’s approaching footsteps paused.

Hu Chou was still vigilantly wondering what kind of strange move Luo Xiaoxiao would make next.

Waaa!!! A sudden, piercing wail for help, so shrill it made one’s head hurt, burst from Luo Xiaoxiao’s mouth without warning.

“Waa! Aah… help me~, wuwu… I’m being molested! Pervert! Wuwuwu, my innocence!”

“…” His outstretched hand froze in midair. Hu Chou’s face was full of questions.

He looked at Luo Xiaoxiao, who was just a moment ago arrogant and provoking him. Now, she was suddenly acting insane. She was wailing wildly, and as she wailed, she desperately tugged at her own clothes and messed up her hair.

She put on a miserable act as if he had defiled some respectable woman. Luo Xiaoxiao was completely absorbed in her solo performance.

Hu Chou was so bewildered that his expression was a mix of anger, shock, and bewilderment.

“Hey… Luo Xiaoxiao, why are you suddenly screaming? You, you, I’m telling you, we’re in the middle of nowhere. Don’t you dare slander me! I, I…”

“Ah! No! Please, no… let me go, I beg you, wuwuwu… I don’t like you, don’t do this, no!!”

Her wails were sincere and sorrowful. If one ignored the fact that the person in front of them was still tugging at her own hair, looking like a large-scale human atavism event, it would have been more convincing.

“…” Luo Xiaoxiao’s sudden, bizarre insanity instantly disrupted all of Hu Chou’s plans.

He was being pressured by a lunatic. He hugged himself and nervously backed away. Hu Chou’s high-pitched, feminine voice was visibly filled with panic and fear.

“Hey! You crazy woman! I’m warning you, this master here, I like men! I… I’m not interested in you women. You, you… you don’t come any closer!!! Aaaah!!!”

Like a eunuch who had been falsely accused of a crime, Hu Chou looked as if he had swallowed a fly. He waved his hand in a wronged manner, defending his last bit of honor.

“Please, I beg you, wuwu…”

Under her messy, dark hair, the corners of her mouth, which held no sadness, were turned up high.

She had no idea how terrifying her current state, looking like she just escaped from a mental asylum, was. Luo Xiaoxiao’s mind was filled with applause for her genius scheme.

Hehe! To frame a respectable person as a whore, and then have a hero save the damsel in distress. What a cheesy yet practical meeting trope.

She made such a big scene, Wen Nanshu should have heard it by now.

After all, as the typical good person in the book, devoted to the path, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and a champion of justice.

There was no way Wen Nanshu would stand by and watch a poor, tragic little girl like her be in distress!

She was so certain of this. Thinking the time was right.

Luo Xiaoxiao was just wondering whether she should fall to the ground and shed a few tears to better portray her pitiful image.

When, without her noticing. Hu Chou on the opposite side, due to excessive shock, reacted instinctively. He swung a large black fox claw at her, as if swatting a dirty bug, wanting to send her flying.

By the time Luo Xiaoxiao noticed the fox claw, the attack was already about to touch her.

It was in this moment of crisis.

“Young lady, be careful!”

The clear, slightly cold voice was melodious and refreshing, like snowmelt from the peak of a snowy mountain. It was clean yet carried a coldness, easily giving a sense of distance and danger.

She didn’t have time to consider her own danger. She subconsciously looked up in the direction of the voice.

She saw a beautiful figure in the backlight. With a flutter of robes, she flew toward her on a sword.

Dong! Dong! Dong dong…

Her bright, clear, and watery deer eyes suddenly constricted. It was as if her heart had been instantly struck by something. Her breath seemed to stop for a moment.

Wen Nanshu…

She couldn’t describe the feeling in words. The air seemed to be still at this moment. Luo Xiaoxiao couldn’t hear her own heartbeat anymore, and her gaze couldn’t move even a fraction of an inch.

She even felt that she didn’t need to reconfirm who the female lead was.

Because from the moment she appeared, the world lost all its color.

She was the only one with unparalleled beauty.